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Books like Notes from the Underground

If you loved Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Russia, Holidays, Dystopian, and 19th Century.

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Top related books to Notes from the Underground

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Themes: Russia • 19th Century • World Literature

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Themes: Russia • 19th Century • World Literature

The Cleft A Novel

Doris Lessing

Themes: Dystopian • Psychological • Political

1984 — George. Orwell

George Orwell

Themes: Dystopian • Psychological • Political

Yevgeny Zamyatin

Themes: Russia • Dystopian • World Literature

War and Peace

graf Leo Tolstoy

Themes: Russia • 19th Century • World Literature

Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy

Themes: 19th Century • World Literature • Psychological

Life and Fate

Vasily Grossman

Themes: Russia • World Literature • Political

The Handmaid’s Tale

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Themes: Dystopian • World Literature • Political

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Landscapes

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Themes: Dystopian • World Literature • Psychological

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Oblomov: New Translation Newly Translated and Annotated with an introduction by Professor Galya Diment, University of Washington (Alma Classics Evergreens)

Ivan Goncharov

Themes: Russia • 19th Century • World Literature

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Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Themes: Russia • 19th Century • World Literature

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The Last Man

Mary W. Shelley

Themes: Dystopian • 19th Century • World Literature

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The Nose

Nikolay Gogol

Themes: Russia • 19th Century • World Literature

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Beyond Tula A Soviet Pastoral

Andreĭ Nikolaevich Egunov

Themes: Russia • World Literature • Political

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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Themes: Dystopian • Psychological • Political

#17

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

Themes: Dystopian • Psychological • Political

#18

Lolita

Vladimir Vladimirovič Nabokov

Themes: Russia • World Literature • Psychological

#19

Martin Eden

Jack London

Themes: 19th Century • World Literature • Psychological

#20

The Trial

Franz Kafka

Themes: Dystopian • Psychological • Political

#21

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov

Themes: Russia • World Literature • Political

#22

Anthem

Ayn Rand

Themes: Dystopian • Psychological • Political

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What Every Woman Knows — J. M. Barrie

J M Barrie

Themes: 19th Century • World Literature • Psychological

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The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Themes: 19th Century • World Literature • Psychological

Fans of Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky will find 24 titles here, all united by Russia, Holidays, Dystopian. Authors represented include Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Doris Lessing, George Orwell, and others.